Gravel wins Deep South National Championship
Though Randy Moran of Jackson’s Gap and Timmy Holloway of Carrollton, Georgia, have fielded some 12 to 15 champions since they formed a partnership nearly seven years ago, they’ve always come up just a little short when they’ve entered Beagles in national championships – until Gravel, that is.
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